The Bulwark Podcast
Smart, Conservative, Never Tribal
We found 10 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast with the tag “kevin mccarthy”.
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Bill Kristol: It's Still the Economy, Stupid
December 3rd, 2021 | 44 mins 22 secs
abortion, build back better, dan quayle, economy, europe, governors, inflation, kamala harris, kevin mccarthy, marjorie taylor greene, midterms, nancy mace, rapid covd test, roe, ron klain, social spending bill, spending bill, symone sanders, tony evers, trump, vice president, white house chief of staff, wisconsin, working americans
It's not just The Bulwark saying the Democrats have a branding problem — Democrats are saying it too. So, cool it with the culture talk, control inflation, and as Bill Kristol has been telling the White House: Make Covid tests cheap and plentiful. Kristol joins Charlie Sykes today.
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Tim Miller: We're All Hostage to the Crazy
November 29th, 2021 | 47 mins 53 secs
anthony fauci, beto, brokeback mountain, denver, deplorable caucus, gop governors, guns, jake gyllenhaal, kamala harris, kevin mccarthy, kyle clark, lauren boebert, le creuset, marjorie taylor green, matt gaetz, matthew mcconaughey, omicron variant, owning the libs, taylor swift, texas governor, unemployment benefits, vaccinations, vaccine, washington free beacon
Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling the shots and owning Kevin McCarthy, while some Republican governors are paying people NOT to get vaccinated. Bonus content: Taylor v Jake. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Adam Schiff: The GOP Has Created a Monster
November 18th, 2021 | 35 mins 54 secs
adam kinzinger, battleground states, big lie, bill barr, carter page, collusion, devin nunes, fisa, george papadopoulos, hillary clinton, impeachment, jim jordan, june 2016, kevin mccarthy, kremlin, liz cheney, maga, manafort, midterms, mueller, paul ryan, polling data, qanon, republican party, russians, steele dossier, stolen emails, tea party, trump, trump tower, ukraine, wikileaks
"If you persuade people that we cannot rely on our elections to decide who should govern, then what is left but violence?" Rep. Adam Schiff joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Dana Milbank: McCarthy is All-in
November 10th, 2021 | 43 mins 42 secs
blake masters, chris sununu, democrats, gop, jan. 6, kevin mccarthy, liz cheney, mcconnell, new hampshire, partisanship, republican party, senate, tommy tuberville
When the Republican Party is only about enabling the Big Lie and fomenting outrage to get on Fox News, Kevin McCarthy doesn't get a pass for averting his gaze. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right
October 15th, 2021 | 48 mins 40 secs
abbott, biden, classrooms, democrats, desantis, hb 3979, holocaust, independents, jan. 6, josh mandel, kevin mccarthy, maga, mask mandates, mcauliffe, pledge of allegiance, republicans, schools, southlake, texas, virginia governor's race, youngkin
When you can't align with the people who equate mask mandates to Nazi Germany — or with people who get triggered by the Federalist Society — where does the Rational Center belong? BIll Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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David Jolly on the GOP's Gangster Politics
September 1st, 2021 | 48 mins 53 secs
aborion, afghanistan, biden, congressman david jolly, democrats, gangster politics, gop, kevin mccarthy, roe vs wade, ron desantis, scotus, senator ron johnson
On today's podcast, former congressman David Jolly joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Kevin McCarthy's threat against telecom companies; SCOTUS and the future of abortion, Biden's Afghanistan speech; and how the Dems could take down Ron DeSantis.
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Benjamin Wittes: Judging Merrick Garland
August 2nd, 2021 | 47 mins 41 secs
benjamin wittes, gop, greg locke, kevin mccarthy, lawfare, merrick garland, republicans, right wing, vaccine passports
On today's podcast Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss "crack smoking, demon possessed leftists," Kevin McCarthy's "joke," vaccine passports, and evaluating the Merrick Garland Doctrine.
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Kim Wehle: On The Fate of Democracy As We Know It
July 7th, 2021 | 42 mins 46 secs
cameras in classroom. jd vance, gop, january 6th insurrection, kevin mccarthy, kim wehle, scotus, supreme court voting rights, trump indictment, tucker carlson, witzke
On today's podcast, Charlie Sykes and Kim Wehle discuss cameras in the classroom, the transformation of JD Vance, the semi-anniversary of the insurrection, and SCOTUS's recent voting rights decision.
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David Jolly on What Republicans Fear From the 1/6 Commission
May 19th, 2021 | 44 mins 1 sec
1/6 commission, democrats, gop, insurrection, kevin mccarthy, republicans, tucker carlson
On today’s Bulwark podcast, David Jolly joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss whether there will be a new center-right party, the 1/6 commission, and what Republicans in Congress are so afraid of.
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Amanda Carpenter on Gaslighting and the Big Lie
May 13th, 2021 | 50 mins 35 secs
congress, gop, insurrection, kevin mccarthy, liz cheney, trump, trumpism
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Amanda Carpenter joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Kevin McCarthy’s hot mess and why we should be optimistic when everything seems so dumb.